Just wanted to give a report from the end of the road.
Early this morning i trailered my new Islamorada 18 " Chittum Skiff " an hour & a half south to fish out of Key West, or was it yesterday sense its after Midnight... Cant sleep so i thought i might Blog a short fishing report...
The tarpon were rolling in a secret little spot & i had a client who really wanted to try & catch one even though we both know it was the wrong time of year. We were testing out some new reels from a manufacture i have been working with, & i wish i could report that we caught one but the best we could do with the tarpon was to get a bite... The 40 lb Silver King ate a circle hook with a live shrimp, but my buddy forgot it was a circle hook & struck the fish as it was running line & the hook fell out.
We did manage to catch a few nice cero mackerel in the channels west of downtown key west, I got some good testing on the new drag system. We were throwing floating Plugs " lures" looking to get a nice barracuda & found the channels were full of ballyhoo which were getting eaten by the mackerel. We had a great trip, & it was well worth the drive, ok guess its time to get some shut eye before i the alarm goes off... I am headed out Sailfishing in a few hours!
